St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-06-25

1t is officially announced that the cOndl-
ton of Emperor William has improved. he
passes more restful nights.
The London Chronicles correspondent at
Berlin says reports about the Crown Princes
condition differ. While the official bulletin
is optimist in tone, fears are freely expressed
IN well-informed circles that the Princes
condition is serious. Professor Virchow's
report, it is now said, affirms that the ex-
animation furnished no absolute indication
that the growth in the Princes throat is
non-malignant.
The United States treasurer reports that
the total circulation-coin and currency
on May 81. 1887, was 81, ,297, ,256, $50, being
netincrease of SIS, ,566, 545, as compared with
the circulation May 81, 1886. The increase
by items was as follows: Gold coin, S16,-
879,944; standard silver dollars, 81, 463, 1884;
subsidiary silver, 81, 346 842 gold certificates,
$40, SAC, ,952; silver certificates, $49, 1856, ,l99,
and United States notes, 81 ,521 722; total,
SS7 ,043, which amount was reduced to
S5S, $50, ,545 by decrease of S29, 442, 49S IN
tha circulation of national bank notes.
Right Rev. VIM. Bacon Stevens, D. D.,
IL D., bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, died
on the 11th inst, in the seventy-second year
of his age. The bishop desired that
there should be no sermon or pall-bearers,
and particularly that no emblems of mourn
ing should be displayed in any of the
churches of the diocese.
The weather crop bulletin for the week
Io1 oil
districts the weather of the week has appar-
emily been favorable to the important crops
the marked deficiency of temperature occur
ring in localities of secondary Importance as
regards the staples. South of the thirty
ninth parallel where presumably grain mar
vesting IS now general, the weather has peen
favorable for that work, as no general rains
have fallen or high winds occurred, While
the sunshine has been at or above the aver
age"
The Trades and Labor Assembly OF st.
Paul, which includes all the building trades
there except stone masons, held meeting
and decided that unless the demands OF the
striking carpenters are met all the other
workmen within the jurisdiction shall be
called out. This would add about 800 men
to the present number on strike.
A collision occurred at Denbigh, Wales,
between a mob and body of police who
were protecting an auctl"neer engaged III
selling property for tithes. The mob turned
an excited bull loose on the pollce ana
assaulted them with rotten eggs. One arrest
was made A large military force has lett
Chester for the purpose of quelling the riots.
The house of a farmer named Edwards, IN
Menota, South Manitoba, was burned, and
three children, aged from seven to twelve
years, perished in the flames.
The town of Trenton, Mo-, and its neigh
borhood have been infested by swarms OF
insects apparently identical with the Span
sh fly of the dispensatory. They devour
vegetation and blister human beings. Fully
thousand people in Trenton are at present
nursing blisters caused by this insect, and
lights in residences at night have been
almost abandoned for fear Of attracting the
poisonous insect.
The exercises at West Point have closed,
sixty-four graduates being turned out. Kew.
DR.. John W. Brown, of Buffalo, delivered
| the address to the graduates on behalf OF the
board of visitors. Generals Sherman and
| Sheridan also made addresses, and the latter
| handed their diplomas TO the graduates. MI.
| George W. Childs, president of the 30 "a OF
visitors, will present portraits of ue.ierals
| Sherman and Sheridan to the academy, to
| hang in Grant hall, beside the portrait OF
General Grant, which Mr.. Childs has ALREADY
given to the academy. 1t is proposed to place
portraits of other distinguished officers IN the
same hall.
In jersey City on the 18th instant the
police prevented the playing OF bands IN tht
beer gardens on the Heights, and compelled
saloon-keepers throughout the city to keeE
their doors closed and their curtains down
| The sale of liquor was not intertered with
| The authorities of Hoboken and Unlol
| Hill allowed business of all kinds to be con
Quoted as usual.
H.C. Frick & Co., among the largest oper
ators in the Connellsville coke region, haV
conceded the 123 per cent. advance de
manded bv the strikers. 1t is now though
that there will be a general resumption
within a week.
Warren B. Sherman, inventor OF paten
automatic railroad signal, was killed by
train at Utica, N. Y, and conductor
named Benjamin Blackburne, was danger
ously, if not fatally, injured. They were ea
amining Sherman's signal.
David NJ. Pascoe, x-secretary-treasurer
the International Typographical Union, de
MES that there is any shortage in the az
counts, and says the whole trouble is tn
result of his action in paying portions of tn
salaries to other officers and to himself bt
fore the convention met. He says there
no truth in the statement that the Child:
DrexeI Fund contributions entrusted to hir
are short, and that he can account for ever
cent paid over to him.
The Havemyer Sugar Refining Con
pany's sugar houses, at Greenpoint, L.
have been destroyed by fire. The building
cover nearly half an acre of ground, an
were six, eight and ten stories in heigh
The total loss on the buildings is abo,
5000, on the machinery and content
100000. The fire started in the fourt
story from an explosion of overheate
liquor, and the 200 men employed in tt
place had barely time to escape. One ma
was missing. but he was supposed not to
in the building
Two freight trains collided at crossing
Shelby, o., and twenty-five cars and tv
| ,--a., ~rxnooI~oJ oo,Ysinp losS Nf %7!